May 6, 2014
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LOS ANGELES -- Simon Krajcovic, who has been a member of Slovak Republic's national team program since 16, has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the LMU men's basketball program starting in the 2014-15 season, announced Head Coach Mike Dunlap on Tuesday (May 6).
"Simon has been playing on his countries national team for several years and has had the chance to play basketball against top teams from all over the world," said Dunlap. "He knows how to run a team."
For the last three years Krajcovic has attended Canarias Basketball Academy in the Canary Islands of Spain. With the program he has the opportunity to play in top prep school tournaments in the United States, including the 2013 National Prep Showcase in November and the 2014 National Prep School Invitational in February.
At the NPSI this past February, he averaged 13.3 points, 7.3 assist and 2.3 steals per contest. He finished the tournament shooting 47.2 percent from the field. In the final game of the tournament, he scored 25 points against St. Thomas More.
In addition, he helped lead Canarias to the F4 Championship in Spain this past April.
"He is a very high-end assist man and can play out of the pick-and-roll at the highest level," said Dunlap. "We are excited to have Simon as a part of program and he is a important piece to our puzzle at the point guard position."
In addition, he has more than four years of experience within the Slovak Republic national team program, playing at national events around the world.
He played in the 2001-12 U18 European Championships, averaging 12.7 points per game, 5.7 rebounds and 7.4 assist in playing all seven games. He averaged nearly 32 minutes a game and ranked first in the tournament in both assists and steals per contest. His best game in the tournament came against Norway, going for one of his two double-doubles with 22 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds. His other double-double was 13 points and 13 assists against Switzerland. The team with 5-2 in the tournament.
Also Played for the Slovak Republic national team at the 2010-11 U16 Euro Challenge, playing all eight games and averaging just over 31 minuets a game. He averaged 17.5 points with 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assist and 3.8 steals. His best game came with 24 points, six rebounds and seven steals against Bulgaria. The team with 5-3 in the tournament.
Krajcovic joins the Lions' incoming 2014-15 class of David Humphries (Northern Iowa Area Community College) and Devin Wyatt (De Soto High School - Texas).
